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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBHOPAL: The Gwalior bench of Madhya Pradesh high court Friday commuted the death sentence of a man, convicted of raping and murdering a 9-year-old girl, to life imprisonment, holding that while the crime was \u201cheinous\u201d, it did not warrant capital punishment as the case did not fit the criteria to be adjudged \u201crarest of rare\u201d.A division bench of justices GS Ahluwalia and Anuradha Shukla upheld the conviction of Kallu Rathore by the trial court under IPC sections 302, 366, and 376(AB), besides provisions of Pocso Act, but converted the death sentence into imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life.Setting aside the lower court order, the two-judge bench said, \u201cThe crime is not of such a nature that it should be punished with the death sentence.\u201dThe bench observed that although the victim was a \u201chelpless child who was lured away by a trusted relative\u201d, the prosecution could not establish the circumstances that justified the death penalty.It noted that \u201cno previous criminal antecedents of the appellant have been proved\u201d and he was \u201calso not proved a menace, threat or danger to the society or community\u201d.The case came to light in Gwalior in Feb 2022. According to the prosecution, the mantook the child out on the pretext of buying her an ice cream.As hours ticked by and she did not return, her family began a search and later lodged a missing person report. The girl was found dead near a railway crossing.The HC bench upheld the conviction by the trial court, relying on a combination of CCTV footage, forensic evidence and circumstantial evidence.During the hearing on a plea challenging the conviction and death sentence, the bench viewed the footage and observed that it showed \u201ca man with a clearly visible face… going along with a girl\u201d, rejecting the argument put forward by the defence that the recording was unclear.The court also relied on DNA evidence, observing that the \u201cY-DNA profile recovered from the slides and swab of the victim matched the Y-DNA profile obtained from the blood sample of the appellant\u201d.It found no \u201cinfirmity in the collection, custody or transfer of the samples\u201d, holding that the forensic evidence firmly corroborated the prosecution\u2019s case.Rejecting the defence\u2019s contention that the prosecution relied only on the \u201clast seen\u201d theory, the bench said the conviction rested on a complete chain of evidence comprising witness testimony, electronic evidence, and the accused\u2019s conduct.<\/div>\n The HC bench upheld the conviction by the trial court, relying on a combination of CCTV footage, forensic evidence and circumstantial evidence. 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